Table 3.

The Relationship of Individual, Social, and Disease-dependent Variables With Knowledge and Practice

Variable	Knowledge	Practice
Age, yrs.	P = 0.72	P = 0.71
Gender	P = 0.0001	P = 0.0001
Duration of diabetes (yrs.)	P = 0.005	P = 0.016
Place of residence	P = 0.003	P = 0.0001
Occupation	P = 0.0001	P = 0.0001
Level of education	P = 0.0001	P = 0.0001
Marital status	P = 0.65	P = 0.14
Body mass index, kg/m2	P = 0.88	P = 0.33
Diabetic foot ulcer	P = 0.04	P = 0.5
History of hospital stay	P = 0.007	P = 0.14
History of amputation	P = 0.02	P = 0.5
Family history of diabetes	P = 0.5	P = 0.65
Complications	P = 0.02	P = 0.14
Current smoker	P = 0.14	P = 0.5